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BAY STREET THEATER
PRESENTS

THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES

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PREVIEWS BEGIN TUESDAY, MAY 28
WITH “PAY WHAT YOU CAN” NIGHT!! ——————-
OPENING NIGHT IS SATURDAY, JUNE 1…
RUNS THROUGH JUNE 16 ——————-
May 27, 2023 (Sag Harbor, NY)—Bay Street Theater & Sag Harbor Center for the Arts is pleased to kick off the Summer with THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES. Previews start tomorrow, Tuesday, May 28, with our “Pay What You Can” night. The red carpet opening is Saturday, June 1st, with talk-backs on June 4 and June 11, and the show will run through June 16th. The Pulitzer Prize-winning, timeless family drama THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES by Frank D. Gilroy is Bay Street’s first Mainstage production of the season. It stars the real-life Balsam Slattery family of John Slattery, wife Talia Balsam (both of “Madmen” fame), and their son Harry Slattery and is directed by multi-Tony Award-winning director Scott Wittman.

Like roses, family relationships are beautiful but thorny. This two-time Tony Award-winning play is a poignant drama set in The Bronx in 1946 about the emotional struggles and hidden tensions within a family as their son returns from service in WWII. As they confront their past and present, the play explores enduring themes of reconciliation and the fragility of love.

——————- Single-performance tickets are currently available starting at $45 or as part of a subscription to Bay Street’s Mainstage Season. To purchase tickets visit the Box Office, open daily at 11 AM until 30 minutes prior to performance, or call (631) 725-9500 or visit baystreet.org 24/7. ——————-John Slattery
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Harry Slattery, Talia Balsam and John Slattery
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Harry Slattery
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Harry Slattery, Talia Balsam and John Slattery
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The Roses
All photos by Lenny Stucker ————————————————— THE SUBJECT WAS ROSES‘ creative team is Scenic Designer Derek McLane, Costume Designer Laura Bauer, Lighting Designer Cha See, Sound Designer Hidenori Nakajo, Music by Marc Shaiman, and Production Stage Manager Michelle Bosch. ——————- The 2024 Mainstage Season at Bay Street Theater is made possible, in part, by The Shubert Foundation, the New York State of Opportunity: Council on the Arts, Northwell Health, Risk Strategies, Mala Sanders and Team, Corcoran, Maggio Environmental, Altitude Jet Charter, Ann Ciardullo and Keith Green, Sotheby’s International Realty, PSEG Long Island, Advantage Title, Hollander Design Landscape Architects, AARP Long Island, Laguardia Design Group Landscape Architects, Ben Krupenski Builder, and Fishers Home Furnishings. ——————- Bay Street Theater is a year-round, not-for-profit professional theater and community cultural center that endeavors to innovate, educate, and entertain a diverse community through the performing arts. It serves as a social and cultural gathering place, an educational resource, and a home for a community of artists. ——————- ================================================================